1996 Individual Long Track World Championship

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1996 Individual Long Track World Championship
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The 1996 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 26th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. [1] The event was held on 8 September 1996 in Herxheim in Germany. [2]

The world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the second time. [3] It was the last individual championship with the final being held as a one off meeting. As from 1997 it would be contested under a Grand Prix system (a series of races). [4]

Final Classification

PosRiderHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsHeat PtsTotal Pts
1 Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Riss 5555525
2 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Diener 5455423
3 Flag of Germany.svg Robert Barth 4444218
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Gerhard 4354117
5 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 55ef3316
6 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Maier 4n.f43011
7 Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg 3422E11
8 Flag of England.svg Steve Schofield 0512E8
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 1331E8
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Parker 1141E7
11 Flag of France.svg Philippe Bergé 3030E6
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík Sr. 2220E6
13 Flag of Germany.svg Egon Muller 311EE5
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Brhel 221EE5
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aleš Dryml Sr. ef13EE4
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anne van der Helm 202EE4
17 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Gunnestad ef30EE3
18 Flag of England.svg Paul Hurry 120EE3

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References

  1. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org.
  2. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  3. "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN   0-316-72946-9.